Gary Murray, North Wales Regional Manager for Crimestoppers, said: “What disappoints me most is this senseless crime is pulling police away from more serious crimes and putting our fire service at needless risk.

“I’d ask local people to get in touch with Crimestoppers, completely anonymously, and give us the information that can bring those responsible for this crime to justice. With the public’s help we can make Wrexham a safer place to live and work.”

Arsonists have targeted cars repeatedly on Caia Park in Wrexham

Each year over 1000 pieces of important information on crime in North Wales are given to Crimestoppers totally anonymously and the charity has seen a significant increase in information from the public over the last six months.

A council report looking into the problem found that “arson has been a recurring problem in Wrexham for a number of years. There is a significantly higher level of deliberate fires in the county compared to the rest of North Wales over the past five years.”

Stuart Millington, Senior Fire Safety Manager for North Wales Fire and Rescue Service , said: “Deliberate fires place tremendous pressure on the fire and rescue service’s resources, with our crews being committed to bring them under control, which in turn delays firefighters from attending life threatening incidents.

"It could be you or a member of your family that requires our assistance and we may not be able to get to you as quickly or as easily as we would like because we have to deal with a deliberate fire in the area.”